insidiantes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insidio, insidiare, insidiavi, insidiatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lie in wait (to rob/assault; lie in ambush; make treacherous attack (on); plot;; lay traps; act to catch person out; wait and watch; be on lookout (for); lurk;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Sybaris iacet ense cruento, cuspide trux Periphas, Itys insidiante sagitta. Caeneos Inachii ferro Mauortius Haemon colla rapit..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Vitellio additi, quamquam se socios fugae promitterent, tamquam insidiantes timebantur. atque ipse Vitellius respectu suarum necessitudinum nihil..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...respexeris clandestinas existimationes, nullisque magis quam audientibus insidiantes susurros. Melius omnibus, quam singulis creditur: singuli enim decipere..."